Hi,
for the third time, now I have experienced troubles with the
hard disk in the SONY VAIO Z600TEK. When starting the
machine I had to do a `fsck' and lost some files. As far as
I can reconstruct the circumstances, this usually happened
after some task causing a heavy CPU load for some
amount of
Hi,
does anybody have experiences or links to further information
about DMI on mobile computers, especially with Linux.
They only program I have found is `dmidecode' by Alan Cox
ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/alan/DMI
Werner
Desktop Management Interface - DMI
A specification from the Desktop
Hi!
I am having problems with the duration of laptop batery. I bought a new
battery, and it only held full power for approx. 5 months, now it acts weird..
it drops to approx 20% than just dies - drops to 0% and works for an hour on...
I allways did a full discharge and only than a recharge and did
I'll start out kind of vague as I'm looking for a yes/no kind of
reply right now.
I have a notebook that I installed about a year ago.
At the time I did a stable install and then upgraded to testing.
After running 'apt-get dist-upgrade' a lot, everything came up
cool and I have the XFree86 4.x
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 08:31:14AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote:
> significant problems other than the deb packages seem to have all
> there relationships in "dysfunctional" mode.
>
> Has anyone else been finding upgrades to woody getting better or
> harder?
I've done five or six installations on d
hi,
I've already done the following:
- compiled kernel with console on serial-device
- added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0
- connected cable
Only think I'm having trouble with is setting up the client site of the
serial link.
If you have a suggestion, please let me know.
Hello,
I Recently installed Debian on a laptop with a flaky cd-rom and no floppy drive. I accomplished this magnificent feat by borrowing a 40-44 pin IDE Adapter and starting the installation on a desktop machine. the installation went OK, I was using the woody boot disks because I had heard the
Thanks.
I appreciate the acknowledgement that I'm not insane. But I'm
trying to figure out right now in dselect how a package 'manpages'
is in conflict with the package 'lilo'. Similarly with Perl5.00
(which isn't on the woody branch).
My biggest problem that I'm running into right now is try
Hi!
I've switched from apm to acpi on my dell i8k / debian sid / kernel 2.4.9.
And now console blanking doesn't work anymore. the lcd goes black but
doesn't turn off.
How could this be done?
(I'm really no kernel hacker, so is there perhaps already a patch existing?)
I looked at the acpid sources
Hi
I've actually fried a hard drive in a Toshiba in nearly the same
circumstance as you mention progressive mistakes when hot cold fsck's then
death. Toshiba laptop fan's are software driven and not hardware driven
like Compaq Armanda's. So under Linux the fan never comes on as it does
in
A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote:
hi,
I've already done the following:
- compiled kernel with console on serial-device
- added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0
- connected cable
The format for the lilo.conf entry should be console=device,options
console=ttyS0,38400n8
"fan -n"
I have noticed that my IBM notebook runs HOT!!
Is there a fan function available fo an A21m?
John Jeffers wrote:
Hi
I've actually fried a hard drive in a Toshiba in nearly the same
circumstance as you mention progressive mistakes when hot cold fsck's
then death. Toshiba lapt
Tom Allison schrieb:
>
> "fan -n"
this is part of the tosh-utils application
by Jonathan Buzzard http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/
AFAIK only working with Toshiba machines.
> I have noticed that my IBM notebook runs HOT!!
> Is there a fan function available fo an A21m?
maybe the Thin
I posted a problem with my laptop this morning and I think I have found a related article posted to this list before. but the solution seems pretty much greek to me. can anyone help me out? the article is here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2001/debian-laptop-200108/msg00316.html
Hi
fan is a utility built for Toshiba Pentium machines by a volunteer for
Linux as pointed to by the http://www.linux-laptop.net/ utilities patches
and files.
I hope you can find what you want there.
At 12:19 PM 9/8/2001, Tom Allison wrote:
"fan -n"
I have noticed that my IBM notebook
On 08-Sep-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I posted a problem with my laptop this morning and I think I have found a
> related article posted to this list before. but the solution seems pretty
> much greek to me. can anyone help me out? the article is here:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-lap
Well I have succeeded in upgrading the irda-common.
I ended up deleting my /dev/ir* nodes, then did an apt-get source on the
package, a make clean , make all , and make install of the source
package.
After all this I selected the irda-common package from dselect, which
installed the .deb version
I purchased a raython wireless access card about 6-8 months ago and it
has given me nothing but headaches. I have spent days trying to get it
working properly with no proper results. My first problem is speed
perhaps i am expecting too much but when it says 1mbps I expect more
then the feeble 90kbp
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Tim Moss wrote:
> A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote:
> > hi,
> > I've already done the following:
> > - compiled kernel with console on serial-device
> > - added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0
> > - connected cable
> >
>
>
> The format for the lilo.c
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 02:06:06AM +0100, Barry Pretsell wrote:
> Thought I'd let you know that blackbox and opera were the most responsive on
> the thinkpad 365X.
> My laptop is now browsing the web quickly, and without delay.
>
> you guys have made an old man and computer very happy ;-)
what d
hi,
I've already done the following:
- compiled kernel with console on serial-device
- added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0
- connected cable
The format for the lilo.conf entry should be console=device,options
console=ttyS0,38400n8
thanx, but don't forget the quote
On Thu, 06 Sep 2001, Roberto Burceni wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm a new subscriber of this list. I woul like to know if there's a support
> form te internal modem of the notebook hp xe3. If so, where I could find
> information?
> I have Debian gnu/linux 2.2r3 with kernel 2.2.19.
Hi!
I've been playing aroun
"Testing" is improving. However, since I've noticed some of the same
problems with conflicting or missing dependencies, I've chosen to install
"stable," use '=' to have dselect hold all packages, and then upgrade them
to testing as needed. So, for example, I go through and install the stable
rele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"Testing" is improving. However, since I've noticed some of the same
problems with conflicting or missing dependencies, I've chosen to install
"stable," use '=' to have dselect hold all packages, and then upgrade them
to testing as needed. So, for example, I go through
I don't think so... the tulip driver just told me, "Device or resource busy"
and refused to go. tulip_cb modprobed okay.
-Original Message-
From: Petr Hlustik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:42 PM
To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: FTP/HTTP instal
Hi!
I am having problems with the duration of laptop batery. I bought a new
battery, and it only held full power for approx. 5 months, now it acts weird..
it drops to approx 20% than just dies - drops to 0% and works for an hour on...
I allways did a full discharge and only than a recharge and di
I'll start out kind of vague as I'm looking for a yes/no kind of
reply right now.
I have a notebook that I installed about a year ago.
At the time I did a stable install and then upgraded to testing.
After running 'apt-get dist-upgrade' a lot, everything came up
cool and I have the XFree86 4.x
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 08:31:14AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote:
> significant problems other than the deb packages seem to have all
> there relationships in "dysfunctional" mode.
>
> Has anyone else been finding upgrades to woody getting better or
> harder?
I've done five or six installations on
hi,
I've already done the following:
- compiled kernel with console on serial-device
- added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0
- connected cable
Only think I'm having trouble with is setting up the client site of the
serial link.
If you have a suggestion, please let me know.
Hello,
I Recently installed Debian on a laptop with a flaky cd-rom and no floppy drive. I accomplished this magnificent feat by borrowing a 40-44 pin IDE Adapter and starting the installation on a desktop machine. the installation went OK, I was using the woody boot disks because I had heard the
Thanks.
I appreciate the acknowledgement that I'm not insane. But I'm
trying to figure out right now in dselect how a package 'manpages'
is in conflict with the package 'lilo'. Similarly with Perl5.00
(which isn't on the woody branch).
My biggest problem that I'm running into right now is try
Hi!
I've switched from apm to acpi on my dell i8k / debian sid / kernel 2.4.9.
And now console blanking doesn't work anymore. the lcd goes black but
doesn't turn off.
How could this be done?
(I'm really no kernel hacker, so is there perhaps already a patch existing?)
I looked at the acpid source
Hi
I've actually fried a hard drive in a Toshiba in nearly the same
circumstance as you mention progressive mistakes when hot cold fsck's then
death. Toshiba laptop fan's are software driven and not hardware driven
like Compaq Armanda's. So under Linux the fan never comes on as it does
in
A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote:
> hi,
> I've already done the following:
> - compiled kernel with console on serial-device
> - added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0
> - connected cable
>
The format for the lilo.conf entry should be console=device,options
console=ttyS
"fan -n"
I have noticed that my IBM notebook runs HOT!!
Is there a fan function available fo an A21m?
John Jeffers wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've actually fried a hard drive in a Toshiba in nearly the same
> circumstance as you mention progressive mistakes when hot cold fsck's
> then death. Tos
Tom Allison schrieb:
>
> "fan -n"
this is part of the tosh-utils application
by Jonathan Buzzard http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/
AFAIK only working with Toshiba machines.
> I have noticed that my IBM notebook runs HOT!!
> Is there a fan function available fo an A21m?
maybe the Thi
I posted a problem with my laptop this morning and I think I have found a related article posted to this list before. but the solution seems pretty much greek to me. can anyone help me out? the article is here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2001/debian-laptop-200108/msg00316.html
Hi
fan is a utility built for Toshiba Pentium machines by a volunteer for
Linux as pointed to by the http://www.linux-laptop.net/ utilities patches
and files.
I hope you can find what you want there.
At 12:19 PM 9/8/2001, Tom Allison wrote:
>"fan -n"
>I have noticed that my IBM notebook
On 08-Sep-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I posted a problem with my laptop this morning and I think I have found a
> related article posted to this list before. but the solution seems pretty
> much greek to me. can anyone help me out? the article is here:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-la
Well I have succeeded in upgrading the irda-common.
I ended up deleting my /dev/ir* nodes, then did an apt-get source on the
package, a make clean , make all , and make install of the source
package.
After all this I selected the irda-common package from dselect, which
installed the .deb versio
I purchased a raython wireless access card about 6-8 months ago and it
has given me nothing but headaches. I have spent days trying to get it
working properly with no proper results. My first problem is speed
perhaps i am expecting too much but when it says 1mbps I expect more
then the feeble 90kb
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Tim Moss wrote:
> A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote:
> > hi,
> > I've already done the following:
> > - compiled kernel with console on serial-device
> > - added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0
> > - connected cable
> >
>
>
> The format for the lilo.
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 02:06:06AM +0100, Barry Pretsell wrote:
> Thought I'd let you know that blackbox and opera were the most responsive on the
>thinkpad 365X.
> My laptop is now browsing the web quickly, and without delay.
>
> you guys have made an old man and computer very happy ;-)
what d
>>>hi,
>>>I've already done the following:
>>>- compiled kernel with console on serial-device
>>>- added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0
>>>- connected cable
>>>
>>>
>>
>>The format for the lilo.conf entry should be console=device,options
>>
>>console=ttyS0,38400n8
>>
> tha
On Thu, 06 Sep 2001, Roberto Burceni wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm a new subscriber of this list. I woul like to know if there's a support
> form te internal modem of the notebook hp xe3. If so, where I could find
> information?
> I have Debian gnu/linux 2.2r3 with kernel 2.2.19.
Hi!
I've been playing arou
"Testing" is improving. However, since I've noticed some of the same
problems with conflicting or missing dependencies, I've chosen to install
"stable," use '=' to have dselect hold all packages, and then upgrade them
to testing as needed. So, for example, I go through and install the stable
rel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Testing" is improving. However, since I've noticed some of the same
> problems with conflicting or missing dependencies, I've chosen to install
> "stable," use '=' to have dselect hold all packages, and then upgrade them
> to testing as needed. So, for example, I go t
I don't think so... the tulip driver just told me, "Device or resource busy"
and refused to go. tulip_cb modprobed okay.
-Original Message-
From: Petr Hlustik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FTP/HTTP install using tul
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